Challenges to Standardizing the Care for Adult Cancer Survivors: Highlighting ASCO's Fatigue and Anxiety and Depression Guidelines

Abstract

There are over 14 million survivors of cancer living in the United States alone and tens of millions more worldwide, with this population expected to nearly double in the next decade. The successes of prevention, early detection, and better therapies have lead to an emerging understanding of the substantial medical and psychosocial issues for this growing population that must be tackled for individuals and from the health care system and societal perspectives.KEY POINTSStandardizing survivorship care poses unique challenges.Increased awareness and prioritization of survivors' issues is necessary.A growing array of recommendations and tools are becoming available to improve survivorship care.Fatigue is a common effect that should be screened for and managed.Routine anxiety and depression screening in cancer survivors should lead to improved psychosocial outcomes.